After running a hotel in the heart of Hopkinsville, proprietor Burwell C. Ritter was elected to Congress and was serving in Washington, D.C., at the time of Lincoln's assassination.
The UW Oshkosh softball team improved to 32-2 on the season and 8-2 in Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference play after sweeping UW-Stout 3-2 and 7-1 in a doubleheader April 27 at UW-Oshkosh Softball Park on Senior Day. In the first game, UWO’s Sydney Nemetz pitched her 11th complete game of the season after allowing two.